Issues

Presidential preference

Specific votes

Fiscal Cliff

Burgess voted against the fiscal cliff compromise bill, which made permanent most of the Bush tax cuts originally passed in 2001 and 2003 while also raising tax rates on the highest income levels. He was one of 151 Republicans that voted against the bill. The bill was passed in the House by a 257/167 vote on January 1, 2013.[6]

Elections

2014

Burgess is set to run for re-election to the U.S. House in 2014. If he runs, he will seek the Republican nomination in the primary election on March 4, 2014. The general election took place November 4, 2014.

Full history

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2010

On November 2, 2010, Michael Burgess won re-election to the United States House. He defeated Neil Durrance (D) and Mark Boler (L) in the general election.[9]

U.S. House, Texas District 26 General Election, 2010

Party

Candidate

Vote %

Votes

Republican

Michael Burgessincumbent

67.1%

120,984

Democratic

Neil Durrance

30.7%

55,385

Libertarian

Mark Boler

2.3%

4,062

Total Votes

180,431

2008

On November 4, 2008, Michael Burgess won re-election to the United States House. He defeated Ken Leach (D) and Stephanie Weiss (L) in the general election.[10]

U.S. House, Texas District 26 General Election, 2008

Party

Candidate

Vote %

Votes

Republican

Michael Burgessincumbent

60.2%

195,181

Democratic

Ken Leach

36.4%

118,167

Libertarian

Stephanie Weiss

3.4%

11,028

Total Votes

324,376

2006

On November 7, 2006, Michael Burgess won re-election to the United States House. He defeated Tim Barnwell (D) and Rich Haas (L) in the general election.[11]

U.S. House, Texas District 26 General Election, 2006

Party

Candidate

Vote %

Votes

Republican

Michael Burgessincumbent

60.2%

94,219

Democratic

Tim Barnwell

37.2%

58,271

Libertarian

Rich Haas

2.6%

3,993

Total Votes

156,483

2004

On November 2, 2004, Michael Burgess won re-election to the United States House. He defeated Lico Reyes (D) and James Gholston (L) in the general election.[12]

U.S. House, Texas District 26 General Election, 2004

Party

Candidate

Vote %

Votes

Republican

Michael Burgessincumbent

65.8%

180,519

Democratic

Lico Reyes

32.7%

89,809

Libertarian

James Gholston

1.5%

4,211

Total Votes

274,539

2002

On November 5, 2002, Michael Burgess won election to the United States House. He defeated Paul William LeBon (D), David Wallace Croft (L) and Gary Page (G) in the general election.[13]

U.S. House, Texas District 26 General Election, 2002

Party

Candidate

Vote %

Votes

Republican

Michael Burgess

74.8%

123,195

Democratic

Paul William LeBon

22.8%

37,485

Libertarian

David Wallace Croft

1.4%

2,367

Green

Gary Page

1%

1,631

Total Votes

164,678

Campaign donors

Comprehensive donor information for Burgess is available dating back to 2002. Based on available campaign finance records, Burgess raised a total of $5,338,883 during that time period. This information was last updated on March 25, 2013.[14]

2012

Breakdown of the source of Burgess' campaign funds before the 2012 election.

Burgess won election to the U.S. House in 2012. During that election cycle, Burgess' campaign committee raised a total of $1,054,607 and spent $990,101.[18] This is less than the average $1.5 million spent by House winners in 2012.[19]

Lifetime voting record

According to the website GovTrack, Burgess missed 211 of 7,661 roll call votes from January 2003 to March 2013. This amounts to 2.8%, which is worse than the median of 2.2% among current congressional representatives as of March 2013.[23]

Congressional staff salaries

The website Legistorm compiles staff salary information for members of Congress. Burgess paid his congressional staff a total of $1,036,485 in 2011. Overall, Texas ranks 27th in average salary for representative staff. The average U.S. House of Representatives congressional staff was paid $954,912.20 in fiscal year 2011.[24]

Net worth

2011

Based on congressional financial disclosure forms and calculations made available by OpenSecrets.org, Burgess' net worth as of 2011 was estimated between $763,079 to $2,505,999. That averages to $1,634,539, which is lower than the average net worth of Republican House members in 2011 of $7,859,232. His average net worth decreased by 14.13% from 2010.[25]

2010

Based on congressional financial disclosure forms and calculations made available by OpenSecrets.org, Burgess' net worth as of 2010 was estimated between $926,085 to $2,880,999. That averages to $1,903,542 which is lower than the average net worth of Republican representatives in 2010 of $7,561,133.[26]

National Journal vote ratings

2012

Each year National Journal publishes an analysis of how liberally or conservatively each member of Congress voted in the previous year. Burgess ranked 114th in the conservative rankings among members of the U.S. House.[27]

2011

Each year National Journal publishes an analysis of how liberally or conservatively each member of Congress voted in the previous year. Burgess ranked 49th in the conservative rankings among members of the U.S. House.[28]

Voting with party

2013

Michael Burgess voted with the Republican Party 99.4% of the time, which ranked 11th among the 233 House Republican members as of June 2013.[29]

Personal

Burgess and his wife, Laura, have three children and one grandchild.[2]

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